Five people have been confirmed dead and 62 others injured following an accident that has involved two Modern Coast buses at Kiongwani area near salama along Nairobi-Mombasa highway.

While confirming the incident, Makueni county police commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan said the two buses headed in opposite directions collided head-on in the 2 am accident.

He confirmed the dead included the two drivers.

One bus was headed to Nairobi from Malaba while the other was from Nairobi going to Mombasa.

The injured were rushed to Sultan Hamud sub-county hospital.